Mariah Isabella Thompson was born 27 Feb
1830 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH. She
was the daughter of John & Mary Devenbaugh
Thompson. Her family moved from OH to
Shelby Co about 1841. She married William
Samuel Atherton of Shelbyville in 1849. She
bought 2 town lots with the help of her
mother and was a dressmaker and school
teacher. She was widowed in 1855. She
provided for several family members in
addition to her children over the next 2
decades. In 1871, she remarried to Rev.
H. Winter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
After his death, she lived between Shelbyville,
Milton & Bedford, Trimble Co, KY in the 1880's.
She had to move into the home of friends,
after surviving the 1913 Milton flood and
died shortly thereafter.
1830 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH. She
was the daughter of John & Mary Devenbaugh
Thompson. Her family moved from OH to
Shelby Co about 1841. She married William
Samuel Atherton of Shelbyville in 1849. She
bought 2 town lots with the help of her
mother and was a dressmaker and school
teacher. She was widowed in 1855. She
provided for several family members in
addition to her children over the next 2
decades. In 1871, she remarried to Rev.
H. Winter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
After his death, she lived between Shelbyville,
Milton & Bedford, Trimble Co, KY in the 1880's.
She had to move into the home of friends,
after surviving the 1913 Milton flood and
died shortly thereafter.
Mariah Isabella Thompson was born 27 Feb
1830 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH. She
was the daughter of John & Mary Devenbaugh
Thompson. Her family moved from OH to
Shelby Co about 1841. She married William
Samuel Atherton of Shelbyville in 1849. She
bought 2 town lots with the help of her
mother and was a dressmaker and school
teacher. She was widowed in 1855. She
provided for several family members in
addition to her children over the next 2
decades. In 1871, she remarried to Rev.
H. Winter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
After his death, she lived between Shelbyville,
Milton & Bedford, Trimble Co, KY in the 1880's.
She had to move into the home of friends,
after surviving the 1913 Milton flood and
died shortly thereafter.
1830 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH. She
was the daughter of John & Mary Devenbaugh
Thompson. Her family moved from OH to
Shelby Co about 1841. She married William
Samuel Atherton of Shelbyville in 1849. She
bought 2 town lots with the help of her
mother and was a dressmaker and school
teacher. She was widowed in 1855. She
provided for several family members in
addition to her children over the next 2
decades. In 1871, she remarried to Rev.
H. Winter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
After his death, she lived between Shelbyville,
Milton & Bedford, Trimble Co, KY in the 1880's.
She had to move into the home of friends,
after surviving the 1913 Milton flood and
died shortly thereafter.
Gravesite Details
#1828, Info fr Grove Hill Cem Record Book 1991
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